Boat anchor control



July 7, l959 w. G. ANDERSON 2,893,341 BOAT ANCHOR CONTROL Filed June 9,1958 INVENT OR ATTORNEY A latch lever 16 has an ear 17 projectinglaterally therefrom and which nts loosely between the outer ends of theUnited States Patent D ce 28933 l l Patented July 7, 1959 ears of thebracket 15. A pivot element 18 extends through the bracket 15 andloosely through the ear 17 for pivotally connecting the latch lever 16to the bracket 2,393,341 15 for pivotal movement about an axis 18disposed crossf 5 wise of the tube portion 8, as best seen in Figure 3.BOAT ANCHOR CONTROL The tube portion 8 is provided with a flared openlower end 19 and has an opening 20 in the forward side william G'Anderson Kennedy Mmm thereof between said lower end 19 and the bracket15. APPlcaliOll Julie 9, 1953, Serial NO- 740,744 The ear 17 is spacedfrom the ends of the latch lever 16 10 and said latch lever has anangularly turned lower end 6 Claims (CL 114-210) 21 which extendsrearwardly toward the tube portion 8 and which terminates in a discshaped head 22. A rigid pin or stem 23 projects from the outer side ofthe central portion of the disc or head 22 and is disposed to extend pThis invention relates to a control for anchors of small inwardlythrough the Opening 20 boats more Particularly 0f Small cruisers ,andinnabonie l Between the opposite upper' end 24 of the lever 16 and atleast the forward Pari 0f Which iS decked, and it iS a the lever ear 17,said lever has a stem 25 extending Primary object of the Presentinvention to Provide a therefrom toward a stem 26 which is fixed to andprojects control by means of Wllich the anchor een be lowered orforwardly from a part of the tube portion 8. The ends of raised from aPOSiiiOll beyODd the 120W Without the Oper- 20 a spirally coiledcompression spring 27 engage over the atorbeing required to go forwardand stand on the deck stems and 25 for Supporting the Spring between theat the bow of the boat. tube portion 8 and lever 16. The compressedspring 27 More Particularly, it iS an obieet of ille Present inVeiiurges the latch lever 16 to rock about the pivot 18 in ii011 toln'OVilea control by means 0f Wliicli an anchor a direction for urging the latchpin 23 thereof inwardly will be automatically latched in a raisedposition and by 25 through the opening 20. which the latch can bereleased from a position remote The upper portion of the curvedintermediate part 9 is from the anchor for lowering the anchor. providedwith an opening 28 which is disposed in align- A further object of theinvention iS to provide an al1- ment with the bore of the tube end 7 andthrough which chor control'of extremely simple construction which may apart of a ilexible element 29, such as a rope, loosely be Veryeconomically manufactured and Sold and Which extends. The forward end ofthe exible element 29 is may be readily mounted on the bow of a boat.secured to the upper end 24 of the lever 16 and which Various otherobjects and advantages Of the invenis disposed substantially inalignment with said opening tion will hereinafter become more fullyapparent from 28, and the flexible element 29 extends from the lever thefollowing description of the drawing, illustrating a end 24 through theopening 28 and tube portion 7 and Presently Preferred embodiment thered,and Wheleirl rearwardly to any convenient position in the boat whichFigure l is a vertical sectional view of the boat anchor many be remotefrom the bow 13. control shown in an applied position, takensubstantially An anchor rope or cable 30 extends forwardly, as for alonga plane as indicated by the line 1-1 of Figure 2; example from thelocation of the rear end of the flexible Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe parts as shown in element 29, and said anchor rope or cable 30projects Figure 1, and through the tubular portion 7 forwardly from itsopen Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substanrear end l@and through the arcuate intermediate portion tially along a plane asindicated by the line 3--3 of 9 and has a forward end thereof securedthrough an eye Figure 1. 31 formed in the end of a shank 32 of an anchor33.

Referring more specically to the drawing, the boat The shank 32 extendsdownwardly through the tube poranchor control, designated generally 5,includes an elontion 8 so that the head of the anchor is disposed belowgated tubular supporting member 6 of rigid construction the flared openend 19 of the tube portion 8. The shank having substantially straightend portions 7 and 8 which 32 has a restricted portion 34 which isspaced from the are preferably disposed at approximately a right angleends thereof and which forms a downwardly facing anto one another andwhich are connected by a rounded nular shoulder 35 at the upper end ofsaid restricted or curved intermediate portion 9. The open distal endportion 34. 10 of the end portion 7 is provided with transversely Whenthe anchor 3.3 is in a fully raised position as spaced substantiallycoplanar bars 11 projecting thereillustrated in the drawing, with thehead of the anchor from in outwardly diverging relation to one another,as disposed immediately beneath the lower tube end 19, the ,best seen inFigure 2. The bars 11 are adapted to rest restricted portion 34 will bedisposed in alignment with ush upon a portion of the deck 12 adjacentthe bow 13 55 the opening 20 so that the latch pin can project into saidof a boat and are secured fast thereto by fastenings 14 restricted shankportion 34 and can bear against a portion which extend downwardlythrough said bracket members of the downwardly facing shoulder 35, whichforms a or bars 11 and which are anchored securely in the deck latchkeeper, whereby the anchor 33 will be supported M by the latch pin 23 inits raised position as shown.

The bracket members 11 are secured to the deck 12 60 When it is desiredto lower the anchor 33, the operso that the tube end 7 will be disposedsubstantially in ator, from a position remote from the boat bow 13,exerts alignment with the longitudinal axis of the boat and will a pullon the flexible element 29 for swinging the latch extend from thebrackets 11 forwardly to beyond the bow lever 16 clockwise as seen inFigure l about its pivot 18, 13. The tube end 8 is so disposed relativeto the brackets to retract the latch pin 23 from the opening 20. The 11,that when said brackets are anchored to the deck 12, anchor 33 is thusreleased to be free to descend by gravity as previously described, thetube end 8 will extend down- 65 as the anchor rope or cable 3d is payedout and a conwardly in front of the bow 13, as clearly illustrated inventional cleat, not shown, will be provided at the posi- Figures 1 and2. Laterally spaced ears, forming a tion from which the exible elements30 and 29 are bracket 15, are secured to and project forwardly from themanipulated for making the anchor rope fast after it tube end 8,approximately midway of the ends thereof. has been payed out to providethe necessary scope for the anchor.

The anchor 33 is raised by exerting a pull on the rope or cable `30 andthe weight of the anchor will cause the shank 32 thereof to assume aposition in alignment with the tube portion 8 as the anchor is raisedfrom the bottom.Y In raising the anchor it is not necessary to hold the;latch lever 1p in a released position. Rather, as the shank end- 31enters the tube end 19V and moves upwardly therefrom a part of eitherits rounded edge 36 or one of its beveled opposite sides 37 will engagethe distal endof the latch pin Z3 and cam said latch pin outwardly ofthe opening 20 by causing the lever 16 to rock counterclockwise as seenin Figure l about its pivot 18. The terminal of the` latch pin 23 willride along the shank 32 until it clears the shoulder 35. The spring 27will then swingv the lever 16 in the opposite direction or clockwise toproject the pin Z3 into the recessed shank'portion 34 and beneath the.shoulder or keeper 35 Vfor thus automatically re-latching the anchor 33in a fully raised position.'

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and'may befresort'edto, without departing from the function or Vscope of the invention ashereinafter dened by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A boat anchor control comprising a rigid tubular member having rstand second substantially straight ends and an arcuate intermediateportion connecting said straight ends, bracket means connected to theiirst straight end and adapted to be secured to a boat for positioningsaid intermediate portion and the other second straight end in anoutboard position relative to the boat and withsaid second straight endextending downwardly from the intermediate portion, a lboat anchorhaving a shank extending upwardly into said second end, an anchor ropeconnected to said shank and extending therefrom through saidintermediate portion and the rst end, a spring projected latch, meansmounting said latch on said second end. and externally thereof, saidsecond end having an opening through which a portion of the latch isspring projected into said second end, said anchor shank hav- 'ing' arestricted portion disposed to receive said latch portion for latchingthe anchor to the tubular member in a raised position of the anchor,said intermediate tube portion having an opening, and a exible elementextending through said first end and through said last mentioned openingand having one end connected to a part of said latch for moving thelatch to a position for releasing the anchor when a pull is exerted onthe opposite end of said exible element.

2. A boat anchor control as in claim l, said spring projected latchcomprising a lever, said means mounting the latch including a pivot.disposed between and spaced from the ends of ther latch lever, saidlatch portion constituting one end of the latch lever and said flexibleelement being connected tottheopposite end of the latch lever.

3. A boat anchor control as in claim 2, and a cornpression springdisposed between a part of said latch lever and a part of saidl secondend, said vcompression spring being disposed between saidpwivot4 meansand `said last mentioned lever end, t

4. A boat anchor control` as in claim 3, said anchor shank having anannular downwardly facing shoulder disposed immediately above therestricted portion thereof and forming a keeper .beneath Iwhich saidlatchportion. bears.

. 5. A boat anchor control as in claim 1, said anchor shank having arounded andtapered portion to provide a cam means for camming said latchportion to a retracted position outwardly of said. second endy as theanchor shank is drawn upwardly into the second end.

6. A b oat anchor'control as in claim l,v said last mentioned openingbeing disposed inA the outer side of-said, intermediate portion and inalignment with the bore of said rst end.

Maxwell June 4, 1940 Rice Ian. 2, 19.51

